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'Gangs of Wasseypur' turns nine: Here are some unusual facts

'Gangs of Wasseypur' turns nine: Here are some unusual facts
Written by Shreya Mukherjee
Jun 22, 2021, 01:14 pm 2 min read
'Gangs of Wasseypur' turns nine: Here are some unusual facts
Celebrate nine years of 'Gangs of Wasseypur' with these unusual facts

Considered to be a modern classic, the first part of Gangs of Wasseypur had released today in 2012. Nine years later, Anurag Kashyap's take on the gangster genre still continues to entertain us. Its behind-the-camera episodes are also equally interesting. Like, two inverted pistols were used, instead of the usual olive leaves, to represent the film festivals it participated in. Here's more.

Mishap
Airline had misplaced Kashyap's luggage along with 'GoW' script!

Gangs of Wasseypur could have never materialized how we know it, if Kashyap had not retrieved his lost luggage. One airline had misplaced his bag that had the film's script in it, and he had to wait for two days at the airport for it. Loosely based on Dhanbad's real-life gang wars, many places shown in the movie are real locations from Kashyap's life.

Characters
Kashyap spent his childhood at Sardar Khan's house

One example of an actual location is Sardar Khan's (Manoj Bajpayee) house, which was Kashyap's childhood home. Taking his penchant for realistic depictions a notch higher, he shot the slaughterhouse scene in Part 2 at a real place, and Vipin Sharma (Ehsaan Qureshi) ended up vomiting often. Even Sultan Qureshi (Pankaj Tripathi) was based on a 12-year-old, who butchered a buffalo all by himself.

Cinematic parallels
The character Parallel and all the parallels in the film

As viewers know, Sardar had two wives (Nagma Khatoon and Durga), and five sons. We see Danish, Faizal, Perpendicular, and Definite, but never get the name of the fifth son. His name was Parallel. Speaking of parallels, Sardar's death draws a parallel from Sonny Corleone's death in The Godfather. Both Shahid and Faizal get shot by someone outside the frame, in Quentin Tarantino fashion.

Passion
This is how Ramadhir Singh's voice 'aged' well

Apparently, Kashyap had narrated the roles of Ramadhir Singh and Nasir Chacha to Piyush Mishra and Tigmanshu Dhulia, leaving it on them to decide which character would suit whom. While the final casting was perfect, Dhulia employed an interesting technique to nail old Ramadhir's voice. Before shoots, he would drink chilled water after smoking a bidi to make his voice harsh. Such dedication!

Do you know?
It was rated among top 50 crime movies in 2017

In 2017, it was rated among the top 50 crime movies of the 21st century, in a list compiled by The Playlist. Martin Scorsese heaped praises too. Kashyap, however, held that GoW "ruined" him, because everyone expected him to do the same thing repeatedly.

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Shreya Mukherjee covers entertainment news for NewsBytes. She has previously worked with The New Indian Express as a sub-editor where she also contributed lifestyle and feature articles. She has a Bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Calcutta and a postgraduate diploma in Journalism & Mass Communication from the Indian Institute of Mass Communication, Delhi.
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